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[On Advocate’s Letterhead]

Date: [insert]

To,

[Insert Name]
[Insert Address]
[email id: ]

Subject: Demand Notice against return of cheques

Sir,

Our Client: ABC, [insert address]

Under instructions from and on behalf of our client above named, I am to address you as
follows: -

1. That you, the noticee, are a contractor engaged in Interior and Building Work in the city
of XY. That you entered into an agreement with our client [insert month and year] for
providing entire interiors work, along with materials and workmanship at the agreed price
in the apartment located at [insert apartment address]. You have also agreed to get the
whole of work carried out and completed by [insert date].

2. Subsequently, our client paid full sum of money of Rs. [insert amount] for completion of
the work at the site. While you have received the money in full, you made considerable
delay in commencement of the work. Even after giving several extensions for completion
of the work, you have left the work incomplete and faulty, with major portion of work
still remaining uncompleted.

3. After leaving the work without intimating our client, you started avoiding meeting with
our client. When our client managed to contact you, you expressed your inability to
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complete the work and promised to refund the money, you have already taken, for the
incomplete part of the work.

4. Thereafter you issued two cheques in favour of our client, being cheque No.
__________________, both drawn on Canara Bank at _________

5. That our client presented the said cheques to his banker _____________ for encashment.
The Bank has, however, returned the aforesaid both cheques unpaid with an endorsement
“Fund Insufficient”.

6. That thereafter, inspite of many telephonic reminders by our client, you failed to make
the payment due to our client.

7. Our client therefore states that you have issued the above said cheques only with an
intention to cheat our client which amounts to an offence punishable under section 138 of
Negotiable Instruments Act.

8. Under the circumstances, we call upon you to pay of Rs.80,000 /- within a period of 15
(fifteen) days from the date of receipt of this notice, failing which our client will be
constrained to take legal action against you in a court of law for an offence punishable
under section 138 of Negotiable Instruments Act for which you will be liable for all costs
and consequences.

This is without prejudice to any and all other legal rights and remedies available to our
client for the above-stated purpose.

You are also liable to pay a sum of Rs. 5000/- as necessary cost and expenses of sending
the present legal notice to you.
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Copy of this legal notice is also kept at our office for

further ready reference it required in future. 

________________, Advocate